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Query: EC:3.4.24.27 (thermolysin)
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In this report, we present evidence to suggest that streptococci and lipoteichoic acid (LTA) interact with a fatty acid binding site located near the NH2-terminus of fibronectin. The evidence is based on the following observations. Antibodies directed against a synthetic peptide (residues 1-30 of the amino-terminus of fibronectin) reacted with the two thermolysin-generated peptides (24 and 28 kilodaltons [kDa]) that were adsorbed by and eluted from streptococci. The adsorption of the 24- and 28-kDa peptides to streptococci was inhibited by LTA. The two monoclonal antibodies that inhibited the binding of LTA to fibronectin reacted only with the 24- and 28-kDa fragments of fibronectin. Conversely, LTA, as well as lauric acid and oleic acid, blocked the binding of the same monoclonal antibodies to fibronectin. LTA had no effect on the binding of hybridoma antibodies directed against the collagen or cell-binding domain.
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PMID:Hybridoma antibodies to the lipid-binding site(s) in the amino-terminal region of fibronectin inhibits binding of streptococcal lipoteichoic acid. 329 57

Pyruvate oxidase from Escherichia coli is a peripheral membrane associated enzyme which is activated by lipids. We have investigated the high-affinity lipid binding site associated with lipid activation of pyruvate oxidase by covalent attachment of [14C]lauric acid to the enzyme. Lauric acid is bound stoichiometrically (1 mol/mol of active sites), and the enzyme is essentially irreversibly activated. Mild tryptic digestion of the modified enzyme shows that the lauric acid is bound within the last 100 residues of the 572-residue monomer. Digestion with thermolysin releases two closely related peptides, A and B, in approximately equal amounts. Comparison of the amino acid composition of peptide A with the entire sequence of the protein shows that peptide A corresponds to the sequence from Ala-543 to Ile-554. The analysis of peptide B is very similar to that of A. Limited sequence analysis of peptide B shows that residue 1 is Ala and residue 2 is labeled. These results support the assignment of residue 1 in peptide B as Ala-543 and indicate that lauric acid is bound to Lys-544. Previous work in this laboratory has shown that pyruvate oxidase may be activated independently of lipids by mild protease digestion. Proteolytic activation is accompanied by the release of a small peptide (residues 550-572) from the carboxyl terminus of the protein. The present work locates the lipid binding site very close to this peptide. The significance of these results for the mechanism of activation of pyruvate oxidase and other lipid-activated systems is discussed.
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PMID:Identification of the high-affinity lipid binding site in Escherichia coli pyruvate oxidase. 354 88